" Canard."

Tliia word, now pnpultirly useii frr n hiiHX, i the "Yenirh for cluck, und tb ortgiu uf ita t!uv upplicatiun is naid ti) be tlie following uu Uring '■ sWI" ou Un.' public: - Tc (five a ly lilt to the ri.diculuuit pieoes ol ntrlügence whiuh Ihe Jnuintili ure in the liubit oí pubIrshiiig every iruniiing, G-irnliiwvÓ, stn,tíá ttiat un inturöüXTög expt-riiniit had lift heen mude, c;i!oillatud lo provo lbo sxtruordtnur) vmacity of ducks.- ÏWeniy ui tlieMö ui'iuial.s had been placed logetliur, und une of ihem havng baeO kiütd and cut up in the siuuliel posiJlo piBi.es, tVathers md uil, and tiirnwri lo ttio ottiur niiietceii, had beuu yliitlonuusly gnubled up iu an t-xceedijigly bricl Hpae of limu. Auoiher miw lukuu fruit) ibj ruuiuiuiiig iiineteun, iind buiug chopiied BinulJ liku i'.s predecensor, wus tíI■vtd tu the oigiuuoii, und ut oiKiu dtivouiud liku the olbvr; nu HO ill to the lust, vsho Wue thus placed in the reinurkiible position of having uaieu lus niucleeu coiripunions iu ;. woiideiiülly Ktiort spuue ui linie! All ihis, inoít [ leaaiiily nar ralud, ubaiinud a uu(;u.■'8 whiuh trio wiitar wua lur iioin aiitii.it.aiiiig, tor tho story ii.n thu rouiidi nl uil thu journal in Europe. It iheii Ijec.iniu ulino.t inrgotteii lor ubout a scoro of years, wliu-n it cuma bück lrom America, with umpliüoation, wiiich it diu i)ot toast of at tho con;iiieuoeuieni, ai,d wit!) a regular ccitlfitato ui thu autopsy of the body of the wurviving atiimal, vviios) seophugui wa ülcI .red lii h.iVo betiti el■iously iajiiieü! üverv oue latighed at thö hisory ui the caiiard ihus brought, up aguin, but tho word rciuin iiu uuvui hiKüiuuuluin.